The Penn's Grove record., 1887-10-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


Express Company by Messenger John
B. Owen has all been recovered II
was found o the 18th concealed in d
residence In st. Louis. The amount
ound was $50. 1000. owen told the
detectives where he had hidden the
money. A burglar entered a dwelling
! on the outskirts of Fond du Lac, Wis.
consin occupied by Mrs. William
Koehne and her four daughters, on tie
morning of the 18th. Upon being dis
covered he attacked the five women
wit a club, seriously injuring all OF
them, and then made his escape. He
secured but So as booty. A reward has
been offered for his arrest.
"A despatch from Havana says a
cyclone swept over the southwest por-
ton of the city on the 18th, moved in
a westerly direction. 1t was raining
heavily throughout the island.
The deficit In the accoun t of tb
National Bank of Stafford S prines
Connecticut, according to an estimate
by the bank examiner on tue 18th,
reached $4,000. aside from the
above, the bad debts amounted Il
81, 1000, In addition to what is Tecor-
ded in the books in the way Of notes.
making an aggregate of over $l59, GOO.
The Comptroller of the Currency said
on The 18Th that he did not expect t.
receive a report in the case OF TIT
Stafford Bank for several days, but
from what he knew he was satIstle,
that the depositors will sustain no loss
The Cleveland Drug Company, OF
Cleveland. Ohio, made a assignment
on the 18Th. Liabilities, $500 QUO; as
sets, $50 ,000.
DIR. Joseph Y. Porter. President o.
J the Health Board Of Key West, who 1t
also an ar y surgeon, having gone t.
Tampa to investigate the epidemic, tn.
order to Surgeon Guiteras to 60 there
has been revoked. Six new Cases a 0
two deaths ere reported In Tampa OIL
the 18th. A death irom yellow fever
in Paiatka, Florida, was reported on
he 18th.
All telegraphic communication will
Charleston, South Carolina. was sud
denly interrupted at 25 minutes past Il
O'Clock on the morning of the 18th.
and no definite explanation of tn.
cause is given. Associated Press des-
patches report a high wind in that cit,
on the afternoon of the 14th, and ais,
a large Gre raging at Magnolia, one Of
its suburbs. United Press d~espatche,
report that an earthquake shock &C.
Cured IN Charleston at midnight, anc
that it was felt slightly in Augusta
| In,t t1a topnai,tnl I,aua falarr N /,
THAT mo earthquake symptoms hav'
developed at Augusta or Savannah
which are the nearest points to Charles.
ton with which communication il
OPEN" Later In the morning tele-
graphic communication was opeuel
with SummervIlle, twenty miles from,
Charleston, : but the telegraphers there
have no explanation to offer for tht
sudden interruption OF the Charles
ton wires. They report no atmos
plieric or terrestrial disturbance A
still later telegram says the interrup
ton may have been caused by u frt
among the large phosphate factories.
The boiler in a saw mill in Centre
vile, West Virginia, exploded OIL thu
evening Of the 18th. killing three mel
and completely wrecking the engine
and mill.
The Marine Hospital Bureau OF
the 14th, received a telegram from Or.
Porter, President of the Key Yves.
Board of Health, announcing his ar
rival in Tampa, Florida. on the morn.
ing of the 18th, and saying: "Havt
seen cases indiscriminately. The
! disease Is undoubtedly yellow fever
presenting the characteristic tests u
There we're three deaths from the fever
on the evening Of the 18th, and several
new cases reported on the 14tb. TIL.
case Of yellow fever r,t.lt IL Pa
iataka, Oh the 18th, did not originate
there. The victim was a refugee from,
Tampa. The hause where he died was
quarantined and the bedding and Of.
fects were burned.
The burned body of DIR. Harlan, .
a well-known dentist and sporting mai
of Los Angeles, California, was fount
a few days ago in the ruins of a barn
near the city. Hattie Woolsteen, from
| Peoria, Illinois, Was arrested on sus.
plcion, and on the evening of the 14tl
her sister, Miunie Woolsteen made b
statement, She SAID Hailan had beei
the cause Of Hattie's ruin and that Oh.
evening the pair went riding, wheI
Hattie threatened to expose him. Hal.
Ian had a wife and family and TIT
threats so frightened him that he sbo
himself in the carriage. Hattie fearet
the results of being found with th,
dead body, so she took it to a barn, sci
Ere to the building, and fed.
Two freight trains on the Reading
| Railroad oSiiided near Shamokin, OF
the evening of the 10th. Both engine
| and a number of cars were wrecked
and William Jenes, brakeman, was fla
tally injured. The collision is said Il
have been caused by a misunderstood
ing of orders. Owing to the misplace
ment OF a switch, the engine and thirt,
cars of a Reading Railroad freigh
train were thrown into a creek at Min
~ersvIlie, on the afternoon of the 10th.
No person was injured.
ALI the details for the transfer OF
the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph t.
the Western Union Company we're COM
pitlcu III DditiluoiO VI thC IOtu, diiu a.
midnight all the telegraph propert,
of the Baltimore and OHIO passed into
the possession of the Western Union,
to be controlled by it in the future.
"A run was commenced on the 18th
on the Carbonate Central Bank OF
Leadyille, Illinois, owing TO ''reporls
C rculated by an enemy of the bank
Up to the close of business all demands
were paid in full. The banks re-
sources, according to Its last statement,
published on the 18th inst, amount to
Sl,040,5 22.
About 800 citizens of Roam county,
West Virginia, started on the mornint
of the 18th after the robbers who muI-
dered an old man on the night OF ia,
18th. The robbers were cornered OF
the night of the 18th In a house eighl
miles from Sisscnville, in which the,
had fortified themselves. They wer
fired upon and George Duff, Jr., was
Killed. Four others were captured,
and one of them James Coon. WA